Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose
Ambrose at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1976-09-01) 1 September 1976 (age 47) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Championships	1999 European Formula Ford Champion 2003, 2004 V8 Supercars Champion
Supercars Championship career
Car number	17
Current team	DJR Team Penske
Championships	2 (2003, 2004)
Races	147
Wins	28
Podiums	66
Pole positions	18
NASCAR Cup Series career
227 races run over 7 years
2014 position	23rd
Best finish	18th (2009, 2012)
First race	2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last race	2014 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
First win	2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win	2012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 46 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
77 races run over 7 years
2014 position	85th
Best finish	8th (2007)
First race	2007 Orbitz 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2014 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
First win	2008 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win	2014 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 18 4
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
22 races run over 1 year
Best finish	21st (2006)
First race	2006 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2006 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 1
Statistics current as of 16 November 2014.

Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976)^[1] is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 and 2004.

In 2006, Ambrose relocated to the United States to pursue racing in NASCAR, starting with the Craftsman Truck Series. He moved up to the Nationwide Series in 2007,^[2] and later the Sprint Cup Series in 2008. He is known in NASCAR for having won a total of 6 races at Watkins Glen International. In the Sprint Cup Series, he won at the Glen in 2011 and 2012, and in the Nationwide Series, he won at the Glen in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014. He is the first Australian driver to win in the highest level of NASCAR.